Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The Declaration of Independence founded government on principles of...
a. | strong central government. | b. | arbitrary power. | c. | taxation without
representation. | d. | human liberty and consent of the governed. |
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In response to the Intolerable Acts, delegates of the First Continental Congress
decided to impose an embargo on Great Britain. What is an embargo?
a. | series of taxes | c. | an agreement prohibiting trade | b. | a consent to
authority | d. | a declaration of
independence |
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What American war was fought between 1754 and 1763?
a. | World War I | c. | Spanish American War | b. | American Civil War | d. | French and Indian
War |
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In response to the Boston Tea Party the British Parliament imposed the Coercive
Acts, but it was known to the colonists by what name?
a. | Townshend Acts | c. | Stamp Act | b. | Intolerable Acts | d. | Marshall Law |
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American rebels responded to the tax on tea by participating in what
event?
a. | internment | c. | the Albany Plan | b. | Boston Tea Party | d. | the French and Indian
War |
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The French and Indian War ended in what year?
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Who won the French and Indian War?
a. | French | c. | British | b. | Indians | d. | Spanish |
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The British colonists dumped what into Boston Harbor?
a. | their freedoms | c. | tea | b. | playing cards | d. | muskets |
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The Stamp Act did what?
a. | started the French and Indian War | c. | closed Boston
Harbor | b. | imposed taxes on playing cards, newspapers, and legal documents | d. | gave the colonists representation in
Parliament |
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The Intolerable Acts led to what event?
a. | Stamp Act Congress | c. | First Continental Congress | b. | French and Indian
War | d. | Treaty of
Paris |
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In the eyes of the British, the American colonies existed for only one
reason...
a. | Economic benefits for Great Britain | c. | Passage to Asia | b. | Soldiers for the
British Crown | d. | Souls for the
Church of England |
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What document was approved by the Second Continental Congress?
a. | Constitution | c. | Declaration of Independence | b. | Magna
Carta | d. | English Bill of
Rights |
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Completion
Complete each
statement.
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The French and Indian War was the American Front of what larger global
conflict?
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